Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Watch This Homophobe FALL APART When Confronted By His Awful Tweets (Video)" video.

  1. He handled it appallingly, but I actually didn't think his comments were that bad. Gay Pride rallies ARE a freak-show - not because gay people are there, but because SOME gay people behave freakishly. I would say the same thing about Mardi Gras, World Naked Bike Day, Burning Man Festival and the London Carnival. As for being unconvinced by the case that transgender is a condition not a choice, surely that's the heart of the scientific method - "I do not accept your proposition until you can provide reasonable proof for it." His comments about school teaching were a little stronger, but again, I can fully understand how any conservative or religious parent might wish to reserve the right to withhold more controversial issues of sexuality until at least high school.
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  2. Pharozos That's quite true, but  rallies tend to concentrate the freaks into a smaller, more visible group.
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  3. kurd55 Always deeply upsetting to be taunted by a 12 year old.
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  4. Zuriki Yes you're probably right. But it's dangerous to make  that assumption.
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  5. Pharozos I think your point is well made - the  word is received in the context of the receiver AND the deliverer. Perhaps he meant it EXACTLY how you interpret it. That's the danger of using such an ambiguous word I guess. I'd prefer if he either just said "Gay pride is full of deviants" or "Gay pride is full of extremely colourful people" then we could be discussing his opinion, not analysing his intent.
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  6. HowlsFury There's NOTHING I've said which is homophobic or bigoted.  I stand by everything.
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  7. Pharozos Yes, that's a fair point. But to clarify, to me a freak, in this context, is someone who dresses or behaves way outside the norm. Perhaps that's not what this guy means. How do you interpret HIS meaning?
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  8. Pharozos Yes ,I agree. 
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  9. ***** Not only do pedophiles go where the kids are, but the authoritarian and group nature of church, makes it faaar more likely that pedophiles will be sheltered.
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  10. ***** If this is an example of the ignorant nonsense you are  saying, then it's no wonder that you viewed as the antagonist.
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  11. Ken Oakleaf I have no problem with him being challenged on his opinion, but not castigated for having one. Especially when the jury is STILL out on the cause of various types of sexuality.
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  12. Pharozos I mean simply that science has still not conclusively proven whether homosexuality, to say nothing of the more exotic expressions of gender preference and sexuality,  is down to nature or nurture. If it turned out to be primarily down to nurture, wrongly or rightly, I could appreciate how the man could make a case that it was a mental condition like poor self esteem, or a paraphilia. I'm not saying I agree with that assessment - merely that I can understand the chain of logic that one to that conclusion.
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  13. Pharozos Ah that's an EXCELLENT point actually. Of course, to play devil's advocate, I could argue that this doesn't prove that because it's natural, it's not aberrant, or caused by nurture. After all cancer is natural, AND can be caused by environmental, non genetic factors. And yes, seen it, loved it!
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  14. ***** I made three assertions - which one are you saying that the statistics disprove, and which statistics are you pointing to? 
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  15. kosmoboi Nope, why? 
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